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(No Model.)

H. P. RICHARDS.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1891.

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NITED STATES ,ATENT FFICE.

HUBERT P. RICHARDS, OF NElV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT &: I'IINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,974, dated November 24, 189] Application filed May 18, 1891. Serial No.393,079. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUBERT P. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of hooks to used by merchants for displaying goods in show-windows and show-cases by supporting the same upon suitable frames or rods, the object being to provide a strong and effective device for that purpose adapted to be made i 5 in part of wire, the wire portions forming one of the jaws of the hook and also constituting the spring for actuating the other jaw of the hook.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front view of a display-hook embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same as seen from the left hand of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the hook in line a a of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a rear view of the hook. Fig. 5 is a side view of the hook similar to Fig. 2, but showing the jaws sprung open ready to receive an article. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the jaws closed onto the fabric F or other article to be displayed.

Figs. 7 and 8 are front and side views, respectively, of the frame of the device. Figs. 9 and 10 are two similar views of the lever.

Similar characters designate like parts in 3 5 all the figures.

My improved display-hook consists of the frame 13 and a lever L, pivoted on the frame at a point intermediate of the length thereof. The frame consists of the lower jaw 2, the fulcrum 3, connected with said lower jaw by the side bar A and furnished with a suitable hook or ring, as 5, whereby to support the device on a suitable rod or frame, after the ordinary manner of supporting other kinds of display-hooks. At the end of the lower jaw 2, opposite to said bar 4, the frame extends upwardly to form the lever-arm 6, said arin terminating in the pin or bearing-point 7, which engages in a suitably-formed portion of the lever, as hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the drawings, Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive.

The lever, which is shown in detail in Figs. 9 and 10, consists of a suitable bar, desig nated as a whole and in a general way by L.

Said lever Lhas at its lower end the hook or upper jaw 10, which co-acts with the aforesaid lower jaw 2 to grasp the article F to be displayed. The lever has formed therein a suitable lever-pin seat 12 for receiving the lever-arm pin '7. This bend or seat 12, by reason of its position between the two side bars 4 and 6, retains the lever in proper position laterally of the device, as will be understood by comparison of Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Above the said lever-arm seat, at about the Q point 13, the lever bears upon the fulcrum 3 of the frame, this fulcrum being in practice and as shown in the drawings (see Fig.7) of a transversely-formed portion of the frame B. The particular form, however, of said fulcrum is evidently immaterial, if only it shall be located for fulfilling the required function.

To operate the display-hook the user grasps 7 5 the two parts thereof at about the height of line b I), (see Fig. 5,) and by forcibly closing the upper end 14 of the lever toward the frame, as in Fig. 5, opens the aforesaid jaws 2 and 10, as there shown, when the article, as F, to be displayed may be inserted between the jaws, which close thereon when the user releases the lever. In thus operating the lever to open the jaws the lever-arm 6 is shifted from its position shown in Fig. 2 to its position shown in Fig. 5, thereby twisting the lower jaw 2 after the well-known manner of a torsion-spring. On releasing the lever to allow the jaws to close said torsion-spring 2, acting through said lever-arm and its pin 7, o forcibly closes the lever from its position in Fig. 5 to grasp the article F, as indicated in Fig. 6.

In assembling the two parts of the displayhook when manufacturing the same, each part may be constructed of the finished form shown in the detail views and the lever inserted into the frame by springing the lever-arm upward slightly farther than is shown in Fig. 5, thereby permitting the lever to be slipped over the pin '7, when the lever-arm is allowed to resume its normal position, (shown in Fig. 2,) and thus hold the lever in proper position on the frame.

As shown in the drawings, the frame 13 is supposed to be constructed of a single piece of round wire, the lever L being formed of sheet metal out to suitable shape or of flat wire suitably drawn and shaped.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a display-hook, the combination, with a frame having a spring and a spring-actuated lever-arm, of a lever fulcrumed on the frame and receiving the end of said lever-arm intermediate to the lever-fulcrum and the clamp-jaws of the hook, substantially as described.

2. In a display-hook, the combination, with a lever substantially as described, of the frame having a lever-fulcrum substantially as described, and a clamp-jaw at one end thereof connected with said fulcrum through a side bar and having the 1ever-ar1n extending backwardly from the opposite end of the clamp-jaw and at its free end engaging the lever intermediate to the fulcrum and said jaw, substantially as described.

3. In a display-hook, the combinatiou,with a frame substantially as described, of the le- 30 ver L, having the clamp j aw 10, the lever-armpin seat 12, and the projecting end 14, whereby to operate the lever to open the same by hand, substantially as described.

4. In a display-hook, the combination, with 3 5 a frame consisting of a wire bent, substantially as described, to form the fulcrum and the backwardly-extending lever-arm, of the lever pivotally supported on the frame between'said fulcrum and lever-arm, whereby 40 said arm acts to close the lever, substantially as set forth.

HUBERT P. RICHARDS. lVit nesses:

R. A. MOORE, J12, G. W. TRAUT. 

